by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Sexuality
Mohamad al-Bokari fled Yemen last year after threats were made to his life over his sexuality. Yemen criminalizes consensual sexual activity, with penalties ranging from whipping and prison (if unmarried) to death (if either man is married to a woman). Unfortunately,...
by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Equality, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT
In 2019 and 2020, a large number of Polish towns have declared themselves “LGBT-Free” zones, possibly as many as a third of all towns and cities in the country. Under their current leader, Catholic Andrzej Duda, Poland has become increasingly conservative and hostile...
by admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Bisexuality, Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+, Transgender
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow hung a pride flag from its building in the last week of June 2020, and that’s newsworthy. It’s newsworthy because flying the pride flag is barely legal in Russia. In 2013, President Putin signed a law called “for the Purpose of Protecting...
by admin | Jul 10, 2020 | Equality, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBTQIA+, News, Sexuality
In Chechnya, the law states that “sodomy” or anal sex is a capital crime, with a first and second offense being punished by caning and a third offense by death, by means which include stoning or decapitation. It sounds like a law of antiquity, but it was actually...
by admin | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured, Homophobia, News, Politics
Among thousands of others, four men sought safety in the United States from persecution in their home countries. All four men, who remain anonymous, are gay men with HIV diagnoses. Arriving on our shores, all four were placed in ICE detention. Two in the Richwood...
by admin | Sep 24, 2019 | Featured, Homophobia, News
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe is putting her fame to good use. The lesbian athlete, who was named FIFA’s Best Women’s Player in the world, used her celebrity platform to draw attention to homophobia and other social injustices. “If everybody was as outraged about...
